In the center of New York City, the Graduate Center, CUNY’s M.A. program in Liberal Studies is a celebrated institution of progressive thought, critical discourse, and the pursuit of interdisciplinary inquiry. The program encourages cross-pollinated learning between the Humanities, Sciences, and Social Sciences while preparing students to tackle the world—and their careers—in an intersectional and deeply curious way.

Students have been drawn to the Graduate Center, CUNY for all sorts of reasons: Its distinguished scholars, the quality of research that it produces, its interdisciplinary nature, the location in the heart of New York City, and more. For Jeeva Jacob and Barbara Gray, the choice to pursue an advanced degree started as a necessity. The Graduate Center, CUNY on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan (CUNY) Jeeva had recently arrived in the United States from India,…